Narrow fabric for suspender members.



G. S. SMITH. NARROW FABRIC FOB. SUSPENDER MEMBERS;

APPLICATION FILED JAN.22, 1910 1,018,692., Patented Jan.2,1912.

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Specification of Letters li ateiit.

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Application filed ilanuary 22, 193W. eerial No. 539,551.

invention, such as will enable others skilled which it appertainsto make in the art to and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved narrow fabric, and more particularly to a woven strap adaptable for use in the manufacture of suspenders,-the object of the invention being to so construct awoven strap member that it shall possess adequate strength and durability; so that it shall be neat in appearance, and so that all protuberances on the surface of the fabric member shall be avoided.

With this object in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a face View illustratin the manner of series of suspender ends, said view showing portions of two suspender ends; Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same; Fig. 3 is a view showing a por tion of a finished suspender end; Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are views illustrating the proc ess of finishing the tubular extremities of the suspender members; Fig.9 is a face view showing a connected series of castbfi's, and Fig. 10 is a view of a single cast-ofi".

In weaving a suspender member, 1 cmploy a reed of the fan type whereby I am enabled to so weave the member or strap that the same may be given different widths in difi'erent parts. Thus, in weaving a sus ponder end, I may weave the bod r V 1 of a given width and the ends 2 in which the button holes 3 are woven, of a greater width, or I may weave a wide body portion and narrower ends. Again, in order to reinforce those portions below the hutton holes, the fabric of the strap will be woven with an increased amount of filling.

In Weaving the body pender end, the warp threads are contracted, making the fabric narrower and thicker in the. body ortion of the article than atthe ends, as i lustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. In like manner, the intermediate por ion of secure, finished end which is portion portion 1 of the $1131.

the cast ofi 5 will be reinforced by making this portion of the. fabric nar'ower and thicker than the end portions, as indicated at 6 Figs. 9 and 10. By thus weaving the portions 1 and 6 of the articles as above described, the wearing qualities of these.

parts is greatly enhanced.

fter weaving a solid strap to form a suspender end or a cast-off in the manner above explained, I weave a tubular portion 8, and then proceed with the weaving to form another solid strap member. woven a connected series of strap or fabric members as above explained, the same wilt be severed transversely through the center of the woven tubular portions 8. The :tree edges of each tubular end will then be turned into I i Fig. 7, and then as shown at 10 Fig. '8 and finally secured by stitching as shown Fig. 3, thus giving to the strap or member a not liable to :t'ray and also precludes the presence oi. any protuberances on the faces of the strap or member.

Having fully described my invention what I. claim as new and desire to secure by Let tors-Patent, is

1. A. suspender member comprising a strip 1 of woven fabric having a solid body portion and having portions woven thicker and narrower than other portions, said strip pro: vided at both of its ends with integral tn bular woven portions, the tree edges of said tubular end portions being turned into the same, and stitching securing said turned-in edges.

2. A Suspender member comprising a woven strip having its intermediate portion woven narrower and thicker than. its end portions, said end portions having tubular extremities with the edges thereof turned. in and secured,

of the member woven solid.

3. A strip of woven fa Suspender member woven solid. throughout the major port-ion oi r length and composed of threads her sufiicient strength and stability to adap': said strip for use asuspendermember, strip having its for tcrmediate portion woven narrower and thicker than its end portions ha;

it; e treinities with anti. the end portions oi:

After having and the remaining portions end portions, and the said the tube; first, as shown at 9 are Woven Wider and thinner than the intermediate portions, said strip Woven solid throughout the major portion of its length, said Wider portions having slots forming button holes and said wider portions having increased amounts of filling adjacent to said button holes.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification 1n the presence of two sub- SUIlblDg wltnesses.

CHARLES s. SMITH. Witnesses HENRY W. GARDNEIi, CHARLES R. HASLAM. 

